Jail.



D. P. YOUNGBLUOD.

JAIL.

APPLIOATION FILED s312118, 1911.

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JAIL.

APPLICATION FILED MPT. 18, 1911.

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Speccaton of Letters Patent.

PatentedjJ une 2.4, 1913.

Application led September 18, 1911. Serial No. 650,014.

To all whom @'25 may concern Be it known that I, Divin F. YOUNG- nLooD,a citizen of the United States, residing at San Antonio, in the countyof Bexar and State of Texas, have invented a new and useful Jail, ofwhich the following is a specification.

The invention relates to improvements in jails.

The object of the present invention is to improve the construction ofjails, and to eliminate individual cells or compartment-s and to providea simple and efficient jail structure, equipped with means for enablingthe bunks or hammocks for the accommodation of the prisoners to beraised and lowered to arrange them for use at night and to enable themto be secured out of the way so that the entire iioor space o-f the jailmay be utilized in the day time for the exercise of the prisoners.

A further object of the invention is to provide a sanitary jail, adaptedto increase the healthfulness of the occupants, and capable ofeliminating dark corners and of thereby preventing the prisoners fromconcealing or secreting tools, weapons, and other articles, wherebyprisoners may be confined with greater security and attempts to escapemore readily discovered.

l/Vith these and other objects in view, the invention consists in theconstruction and novel combination of parts hereinafter fully described,illustrated in the accompanying drawings, and pointed out in the claimshereto appended; it being understood that various changes in the form,proportion, size and minor details of construction, within the scope ofthe claims, may be resorted to without departing from the spirit orsacriiicing any of the advantages of the invention.

In the drawings Figure l is a horizontal sectional view of a jail,constructed in accordance with this invention.. Fig. 2 is a longitudinalsectional view on the line 2-'2 of Fig. l. Fig. 3 is a transversesectional view on the line 3-3 of Fig. 2. Fig. 4 is an enlarged detailview, illustrating the construction for securing the hammock or bunksupporting bars in their adjustment. Fig. 5 is a horizontal sectionalview on the line 5 5 of Fig. 4. Fig. 6 is a detail sectional view on theline 6 6 of Fig. l. Fig. 7 is a similar view on the line 7 7 of Fig. 4.

Like numerals of reference designate corresponding parts in all thefigures of the drawings.

In the accompanying drawings in which is illustrated the preferredembodiment of the invention, the jail comprises in its construction afloor 1, walls 2, 3 and 4, and a top or roof 5. The floor is constructedof steel, or other suitable material, and the walls preferably consistof steel grating or steel grating and plates, while the top or roof maybe constructed of steel plates or other suitable material. The jail isequipped at the front wall with a safety cage or vestibule 6, preferablyconstructed of steel grating and composed of side walls 7 and aconnecting transverse wall 8. The side walls extend inwardly from thefront wall 3 and also from the floor to the top or ceiling, and they arelocated at opposite sides of a front outer door 9. The inner transversewall also extends from the iioor to the ceiling, and it is provided withan inner door 10, opening into the cage or vestibule. These doors aredesigned to be equipped with any suitable locking mechanism, and arepreferably operable from the exterior of the jail. The safetyvestibuleor cage not only affords a clear view of t-he interior of thejail and enables the same to be inspected with perfect safety, but italso affords safe means for handling prisoners, as a prisoner may beintroduced into the safety vestibule or cage and the outer door lockedbefore unlocking the inner door, and by this construction, the prisonersare held under lock and key at all times.

The jail is equipped with series of vertical beams or columns 11,extending from the top or roof to the floor and suitably secured attheir ends to the same. These colnmns, which are arranged in pairs,preferably Aconsist of I-beams, each being composed of flanges and acentral connecting web, as clearly shown in Fig. 5 of the drawings. Thepairs of beams or columns form guides for horizontal supporting bars 12,extending across thespaces between the members of each pair of beams andarranged in parallelism with the adjacent wall and preferably consistingof T-beams, as clearly illustrated in Figs. 6 and 7 of the drawings. Thesupporting bars, which arejcomL posed of horizontal bottom iianges andver'- tical webs, are equipped at their ends with plates 13, havinghook-shaped terminals 14 forming; inner grooves 15 and slidably receiving' the projecting' flanges ot the guide beams or columns. Theshanks or attaching' portions ot the plates 13 are arranged at oppositesides of the webs ot' the supporting bars and are secured to the same bytransverse rivets 16, which pierce the plates 18 and the said webs andrigidly secure the plates to the supporting bars. llihen the oppositehoop-sliaped plates are slidably inierlocked with the columns, theymaintain the supporting' bars in a horizontal position and iorm apermanent union. and eftectually prevent the same from beinev removedfrom the guide columns.

'.lhe supporting bars are equipped at each en d 'ith a locking deviceconsisting' oi a bolt 1T. actuated by a coiled spring' 1S and adaptetflto engage upper and lower passages or recesses 19 in the guide columns.The bolt 1T is preferably composed of an enga-eine' head and a stem 20,mounted in openings '21 and of lugs or ears and 24: of a plate The plate25 is secured by rivets QG, or other suitable fastening` devices to thelower races of the bottom flanges of the supportingbars, and the coiledspring is interposed between the head or engaging' portion of the boltand the inner or rear lue; or ear 91. The inner or rear end of the bolt`is equipped with an operating' handle 2l' by means of which the bolt iswithdrawn against the action ot the coiled spring. 1illhen the bolts arewithdrawn the supportiner bars may be raised or lowered, and the springswill automatically carry the bolts into engagement with `the recesses orsocket-s ot the guide columns.

The supporting' bars 12 are provided in their bottom flanges with slots2S, adapted to receive hooks Q9 of hammocks or bunks 30, located at oneend of the said hammocks or bunks, which are provided at the other endwith. hooks 31 for engaging' the slots 32 oi? the brackets 33, or othersuitable supports. The brackets are designed to be mounted on the upperand lower portions o1 the walls opposite the slots of the supporting'bars, and when the supporting' bars are raised to their el vatedposition, the hooks 31 of the hammocks or bunks may be engaged with theupper supports or brackets 33. rhis will support the bunks or bracketsout of the way and they will enable the entire loor space to beutilized. for exercisthe prisoners. Also by emjloyine' a singleinclosure instead ot separate individual cells.y dark corners areeliminated and the concealing of tools and weapons is to a lefreatextent prevented. r1`his also enables the jail to be maintained in amore sanitary and. healthitul condition.

tiny suitable operating mechanism may be employed, if desired, Jforraising' and lowering,` the supporting bars.

yihe jail is designed to be equipped with toilet appliances 34 and 35with which ordinar-y jails are provided. Suitable lockers 3G may also beprovided, and they are preferably suspended :trom the top or root at thespaces between the bunks or hammocks 30, but they may be arranged at anyother desired point and may be constructed and supported in anypreferred manner.

Having' thus fully described my invention, what i claim as new anddesire to secure by Letters latent, is :M

1. lu combination with one of the rooms ot' a jail, bunks, spaced.vertical [ined guiding columns extending); from the floor to theceiling' and arranged in pairs in spaced re lation with the walls oitthe room, horizontal supportingl bars egtendii'igr' across the spacebetween the members oit each pair of guiding columns, means 'forcomrecti-ngthe bars to the columns to provide a slidable interlocking'connection as well as a permanent union between the said bars andcolumns, said bars being' movable upwardly and downwardly along' thecolumns, means 'for connecting; the bunks with the supporting bars andwith the adjacent wall. at the upper and lower portions thereof, andmeans for locking: the supporting bars against slidine` movement.

2. 1n combination with one oi'.3 the rooms ot a jail, bunks, spacedVertical fixed ,quid ine' columns extending from the iioor to theceiling;l and arranged in pairs in spaced relation with the walls et theroom, horizontal supporting' bars extending' across the space betweenthe members of each pair of guiding' columns, means for connecting; thebars to the columns to provide a slidable interlocking' connection aswell as a permanent union between the said bars and columns, linedsupports permanently mounted on the said walls and adapted to supportthe bunks at one end thereot, means tor connecting' the other ends otthe bunks to the supporting' bars, the latter beine' adapted to beraised and lowered on the columns, and means tor locking the supporting'bars against sliding movement.

ln combination with one oit the rooms et a jail, bunks, spaced vertical.fixed guiding columns extending from the 'floor to the ceiling' andarranged in pairs in spaced relation with the walls of the room, upperand lower supporting` brackets permanently .mounted on the walls of theroom and adapted to Support the bunks at. one end Aot the same`horizontal supporting' bars extending` across the space between themembers of each pair of guiding columns, means for connecting' the barsto the columns to provide a slidable interlocking connection as well asa permanent union between the said bars and columns, means torconnecting; the other ends of the bunks to the supporting bars, saidsupporting bars being adapted to be raised and lowered on the columns toarrange the bunks opposite the lower brackets for use or to elevate thebunks so as to connect them with the upper brackets, and means forsecuring the supporting bars against sliding movement.

il. In combination with one of the rooms of a jail, bunks, spacedvertical fixed guiding columns arranged in pairs in spaced relation withthe walls and extending from the floor to the ceiling, upper and lowerfixed supports permanently mounted on the walls of the room forsupporting the bunks at one end thereof, horizontal supporting barsprovided at their ends with plates having approximately hook-shapedportions and engaging the guiding columns and slidably interlocking thesupport-ing bars with the same and forming a permanent union between thesaid bars and columns, said horizontal bars being provided with meansfor supporting the other ends of the bunks and being adapted to beraised and lowered on the columns, and means carried by the supportingbars for locking the same against sliding movement.

5. In combination with one of the rooms of a jail, bunks, spacedvertical I-beams forming guiding columns and extending from the floor tothe ceiling and arranged in spaced relation with the walls of the room,lixed supports permanently mounted on the walls of the room and adaptedto support the bunks at one end thereof, horizontal supporting barsprovided at their ends with plates arranged in pairs and having coactingapproximately hook-shaped portions engaging the opposite flanges of the'said beams and slidably interlocking the horizontal bars with the same,said horizontal bars being provided with means for supporting the otherends of the bunks and adapted to be raised and lowered, and means forsecuring the horizontal supporting bars against sliding` movement.

6. In combination with one of the rooms of a jail, bunks, spacedvert-ical guiding columns arranged in pairs in spaced relation with thewalls of t-he room and extending from the floor to the ceiling, fixedsupports mounted on the walls of the room and adapted to support thebunks at one end thereof, horizontal supporting bars extending acrossthe space between the members of each pair of columns, means forconnecting the bars to the columns to provide a slidable interlockingconnection as well as a permanent union between the said bars andcolumns, said bars being provided with means for supporting the otherends of the bunks and adapted to be raised and lowered, plates securedto the lower faces of the horizontal supporting bars and provided withlugs, and spring actuated bolts mounted in the lugs and arranged tosupport the guiding columns for locking the said bars against slidingmovement.

7. In combination with one of the rooms of a jail, spaced verticalcolumns arranged in pairs and extending from the Hoor to the ceiling ofthe room, horizontal bars extending across the space between thecolumns, means for connecting the bars to the columns to provide aslidable interlocking connection as well as a permanent union betweenthe said bars and columns, said bars being provided with bunk supportingmeans and adapted to be raised and lowered along the columns, platessecured to the supporting bars and provided with lugs, and springactuated bolts mounted in the lugs and adapted to engage the guidingcolumns for locking the supporting bars against sliding movement.

In testimony, that I claim the foregoing as my own, I have heretoaiiixed my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

DAVID FRANKLIN YOUNGBLOOD.

Witnesses:

W. M. CORNETT, W. M. MATTHEWS.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for ve cents each, by addressingthe Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. C.

